Triway's Yoder 11th in D-II state bowling

Published: March 4, 2014 4:00AM

Triway sophomore Jacob Yoder finished tied for 10th place out of 144 bowlers in his first trip to the OHSAA Div. II State bowling tournament this past weekend. Yoder rolled games of 178, 224 and 233 for a series of 635 to earn honorable mention All-Ohio -- the first Daily Record-area bowler to accompish the feat.

Though tied for 10th, the other bowler had a higher single game, which led to his 11th-place finish. Had he been awarded 10th, Yoder would have been a second-team All-Ohioan.

"I am very happy that I made it to the State level, but I was not very impressed on how I bowled," said Yoder. "I feel I could have done a lot better.

"Also, I think that the team is really wanting to go to state next year. They were into it and 100 percent supportive. I believe that we as a team will go next year."

The Triway boys team just missed making a State appearance as a team by 52 pins, but made the trip to cheer Yoder on during this past Friday's tournament. Yoder was the only sophomore in the top 24.

The team competition saw Warren Champion defeat Struthers in the title match. Fairport Harding and Vermillion also made the top 8 in the State tournament. Ironically, those are the four teams that finished just ahead of Triway in the Northeast District competition.

A trio of Wooster bowlers will be heading to Columbus this weekend for the Div. I State Championships. Ethan Bachman will be competing Friday, at 10:30 a.m., and Karlie Way and Kendra Romanchik will be competing Saturday, also at 10:30 a.m.

To follow this coming weekend's Div. I competition and anyone interested in viewing the final scores from last weekend's Div. II tournament, here is the website (http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/bw/default.asp). They will list all the boys and girls separately as well as the Divisions.